STEVE MCCLELLAN

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• U.S. Marine Corps Selects Wunderman Thompson For Ad Duties in MAD on 09/19/2019
  

  Predecessor agency J. Walter Thompson, which merged with Wunderman last year to form Wunderman Thompson, has been the Marines' agency for 72 years.

• Kimberly-Clark Baby Care Account In Review in Accounts on the Move on 09/19/2019
  

• Former Unilever CMO Keith Weed To Join WPP Board in MAD on 09/19/2019
  

  Weed knows the company well -- Unilever is a major WPP client. He was Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at the CPG giant for nine years, retiring in May.

• Advertisers View Media As 'Complex Headache' in MAD on 09/18/2019
  

  Media agencies are largely seen as "commodity suppliers," not strategic partners, according to a new report from consultant ID Comms.

• Ntooitive Wins LA Care Health Plan Business in Accounts on the Move on 09/17/2019
  

• New Leadership At UM's J3 in MAD on 09/16/2019
  

  Anthony Plant will now head the operation, previously overseen by Eileen Kiernan, now global CEO at UM.

• Danone, Impero Want You To 'Feed Your Mind' in Out to Launch on 09/16/2019
  

• WPP, InMobi Group Strike Mobile Marketing Alliance in MAD on 09/11/2019
  

  WPP and InMobi Group have entered into a partnership in India to jointly help clients build mobile marketing and media plans.

• Reach3 Taps Benoit To Lead Its LA Office in People on the Move on 09/11/2019
  

• Grey Veteran Singh Promoted To Global COO in MAD on 09/10/2019
  

  Nirvik Singh will work closely with CEO Michael Houston as the WPP agency network prepares for the future with updated capabilities and practices.

Comments by Stephen All comments by Stephen

• Despite Rumors To The Contrary, Manly Men Drink Rose by Richard Whitman (Mediapsssst on 08/06/2017)
  

  Thanks Nicholas, as editor of this column I should have caught that. Appreciate that you did. 

• Brands Failing To Provide Quality Training In Media Skills by Steve McClellan (MAD on 10/28/2016)
  

  It is J.R., although it's usually not referred to as 'educatiing' and frequently it is people below the c suite. But often agencies meet with clients to 'brief' them on this or that issue. Which makes sense given that the former are supposed to be experts in the field. 

• Agencies React To Finger-Pointing, 4As Calls ANA Report Anonymous, One-Sided by Steve McClellan (MAD on 06/07/2016)
  

  Thanks for catching that Michael, now fixed.

• Shoe Carnival, 22squared Launch Retailer's Largest Social Media Effort by Larissa Faw (MAD on 02/03/2016)
  

  Thanks Jim, should be fixed now

• Ad Spend Drove 16% ($5.8 Trillion) Of Total U.S. Sales Activity In 2014 by Steve McClellan (MAD on 11/16/2015)
  

  Also, there is now a link in the story to the full report.

• Ad Spend Drove 16% ($5.8 Trillion) Of Total U.S. Sales Activity In 2014 by Steve McClellan (MAD on 11/16/2015)
  

  Ed, much of it is based on proprietary modeling; but the report has a three-page appendix devoted to Theory and Methodology.  Here are a couple of passages:"To quantify the economic impact of advertising expenditures on the US economy, this study:  Estimates the total level of advertising spending in the United States and creates a 5-year forecast.  Estimates sales, employment, value added and labor income impacts based on econometric models that quantify the relationship between ad spending and resulting sales.  Uses input-output methodologies to compute the ripple effect of economic activity that happens as a result of the sales from ad spending.  Simultaneously allocates advertising to every state, congressional district and 17 NAICS-based industry aggregates using proprietary macroeconomic, regional and industry models."Some IRS data was used as well:  "Using the IRS tax statistics database, IHS was able to collect industry-level advertising expenditure information that was reported on each corporation income tax form. A reformation of the model specification was needed as a result of revised historical data and a change in the source data of the dependent variable. The structure of the economy was much different when the model was first developed and subsequently the regressor data had a different statistical form. Thus, the old model did not provide an optimal fit of the data."

• In A First, Coca-Cola Cans Go Nameless by Steve McClellan (MAD on 07/06/2015)
  

  Nick, you're absolutely right, the cans aren't "label-less" at all. While they don't have the usual big bold Coca-Cola name printed on them, they certainly have a label and I've switched art and added new copy to make the story a little more complete anyway. I'm sure there are still unanswered questions but thank you for pointing out some of the obvious flaws. 

• Five Companies Agencies Should Partner With by Steve McClellan (MAD on 03/25/2015)
  

  hmmm, hadn't thought about it in porno terms, but now that you mention it.. Anyway, nice catch Tom, thanks

• Nielsen's Plan To Improve TV Measurement: Progress, Not Perfection by Stefanie Morales (MAD on 02/25/2015)
  

  Nick, MediaPost would be more than happy to offer you the same platform as Stefanie for an equal time post. 800 words give or take, a thousand words max. Think you're off to a good start already with your eloquent comments but you're certainly entitled to the "main stage" for a broader take if you'd like. Send to mcclellan@mediapost.com and thanks for your interest in doing so.

• Marissa Mayer: The Case For Advertising On Yahoo by Steve McClellan (MAD on 03/18/2014)
  

  oops. I forecast a correction in my immediate future. Thanks for pointing that out.

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